The Story
Ancient myths and other tales from the mysterious lands of Mesopotamia.
Learn about its history as well as the mythic and not so mythic characters that shaped this ancient cradle of civilization. Sections sport such headings as... History, Religion & Myth, Gods & deities, Myths of Origin, Tales of Heroes, Astrology & Astronomy, Magic, Demonology & Superstition, and much more.
This is a hardback edition with lovely golden colored designs against dark brown.
Publishers Marketing:
BABYLON AND SUMER MYTHS AND TALES
With a new foreword by storyteller Fiona Collins, this is a mammoth collection of classic translations and tellings of epic tales from the crucible of civilization, in the pocket between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers where language, astronomy, religion and mythology grew from one of the earliest civilizations known to humankind. Undiscovered until 200 years ago, the myths and stories of Sumer, with King lists earlier than the Ancient Egyptians, reveal a rich culture of city states, each with their own gods, with tales of great floods, mighty gods, the origins of humans and the division between earth, the heavens and the Netherworld.
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Ancient myths and other tales from the mysterious lands of Mesopotamia.
Learn about its history as well as the mythic and not so mythic characters that shaped this ancient cradle of civilization. Sections sport such headings as... History, Religion & Myth, Gods & deities, Myths of Origin, Tales of Heroes, Astrology & Astronomy, Magic, Demonology & Superstition, and much more.
This is a hardback edition with lovely golden colored designs against dark brown.
Publishers Marketing:
BABYLON AND SUMER MYTHS AND TALES
With a new foreword by storyteller Fiona Collins, this is a mammoth collection of classic translations and tellings of epic tales from the crucible of civilization, in the pocket between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers where language, astronomy, religion and mythology grew from one of the earliest civilizations known to humankind. Undiscovered until 200 years ago, the myths and stories of Sumer, with King lists earlier than the Ancient Egyptians, reveal a rich culture of city states, each with their own gods, with tales of great floods, mighty gods, the origins of humans and the division between earth, the heavens and the Netherworld.
